objective

Meanings

Plural: objectives

Noun

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
• the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
• A material object that physically exists.
• A goal that is striven for.
• The objective case.
• a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
• The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.

Adjective

• undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
  • "an objective appraisal"
  • "objective evidence"
• serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
  • "objective case"

Adjective Satellite

• emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation
  • "objective art"
• belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events
  • "objective benefits"
  • "an objective example"
  • "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind"

Adj

• Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
• Not influenced by the strong emotions or prejudices.
• Based on observed facts; without purely subjective assessment.
• Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
• Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)

Synonyms

accusative, aim, candid, clinical, cold, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, documentary, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, factual, fair-minded, fairhanded, impartial, imprejudicate, indifferent, indistinguishing, just, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, nonsubjective, object, object case, object glass, object lens, objective, objective case, objective lens, target, unbiased, unbigoted, uninterested, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed

Antonyms

subjective

Related Words

goal

Anagrams of objective